Liberals aiming to hang onto ArgenteuilLa Petite-Nation

In 2015, Stphane Lauzon, a former teacher and Gatineau city councillor, took the new riding ofArgenteuilLa Petite-Nation. Now the Liberals are aiming to keep it.

Lauzontook the district, whichincludes portions of Gatineau, Lachute and Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, by more than 9,000 votes over the second-place NDPcandidate.

Of western Quebec's four ridings, this is where the Bloc Qubcois did best, with9,525 votes. It was alsothe only Ottawa-Gatineau riding where voter turnout fell below the national average.

Now Lauzon is up for re-election against social worker and former PartiQubcoiscandidateYves Destroismaisons, now running forthe Bloc; People's Party candidateSherwin Edwards, the president of a company that makes vaping products; Charlotte Smoley of the NDP;Conservative candidateMarie Louis-Seize, a former union president with Bell; and environmental designerMarjorie Valiquetteof the Green Party.

Candidates are included in this riding profile once they've beenlisted as a confirmed candidateby Elections Canada, chosenas the winner of a nomination contestor who were the chosen candidate by a party that got at least one per cent of the national popular vote in 2015.

ArgenteuilLa Petite-Nation in 2015

Candidate questionnaires

CBC Ottawa sent every candidate running in eastern Ontario or western Quebec seven questions via their party or a publicly available email address.

They were asked to stick to 25 to 100 word answers, depending on the questions.

Theiranswers have not been edited by CBC.

Stphane Lauzon

Marie Louis-Seize

Marjorie Valiquette